Eärendil: The Mariner Who Became a Star | Silmarillion Explained
Who is Eärendil? Why did the mariner who saved Middle-earth never come home? This Silmarillion deep dive follows Eärendil from Huor's dying prophecy to Turgon that a new star would rise from their two houses, to Vingilot, the ship built with Círdan, and a voyage west as much a search for his lost parents, Tuor and Idril, as a plea to the Valar.With Elwing's Silmaril on his brow, Eärendil walked through an empty Tirion, pleaded for Elves and Men, and won—at the price of exile and an immortality he never wanted. Set in the sky as Gil-Estel, he killed Ancalagon the Black, guided the Edain to…
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